11-letter words containing g, r, b
- bargeboards — Plural form of bargeboard.
- bargemaster — the owner of a barge
- barking mad — If you say that someone is barking mad, you mean that they are insane or are acting very strangely.
- barographic — Measured using a barograph.
- barricading — Present participle of barricade.
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- baserunning — the act of running around bases
- basin range — a mountain range of the type found in the Great Basin region of the western U.S., typically long and narrow and characterized by faulted, tilted blocks of strata.
- bass guitar — a guitar that has the same pitch and tuning as a double bass, usually electrically amplified
- bathygraphy — The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
- baton rouge — the capital of Louisiana, in the SE part on the Mississippi River. Pop: 225 090 (2003 est)
- battery egg — an egg from a battery hen
- be good for — If someone is good for something, you can rely on them to provide that thing.
- be great on — to be informed about
- be revenged — to get revenge
- beach grass — any of a genus (Ammophila) of deeply rooted, tough, perennial grasses that grow on sandy beaches and are often planted to combat beach erosion
- beach ridge — a ridge just inland from a beach, consisting of sand and gravel built up by storm waves
- beam riding — a method of missile guidance in which the missile steers itself along the axis of a conically scanned microwave beam
- bear garden — (formerly) a place where bears were exhibited and where bear-baiting took place
- bearbaiting — an old form of diversion in which dogs were made to torment a chained bear
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- bearing cap — A bearing cap is a rigid, semi-circular part that fits around one half of a bearing and secures it.
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
- bedraggling — Present participle of bedraggle.
- bedside rug — a rug beside a bed
- beech grove — a grove of beech trees
- beefburgers — Plural form of beefburger.
- beer engine — a pump used to draw beer from a cask
- beer garden — a garden attached to a pub, where people can sit and drink beer
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- bell ringer — A bell ringer is someone who rings church bells or hand bells, especially as a hobby.
- belligerati — intellectuals, such as writers, who advocate war or imperialism
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- belowground — underground
- bengal rose — China rose (def 1).
- bengal-rose — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
- bergenfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
- bering time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
- beryl green — a light bluish green.
- bewildering — A bewildering thing or situation is very confusing and difficult to understand or to make a decision about.
- bibliograph — to put in a bibliography.
- bidding war — a situation in which multiple offerers bid to own a single property
- big brother — People sometimes use Big Brother to refer to a person, government, or organization when they think it has complete control over people and is always checking what they do.
- big picture — a broad, overall view or perspective of an issue or problem.
- big-hearted — If you describe someone as big-hearted, you think they are kind and generous, and always willing to help people.